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Re: C. Dawand Jones

Just sayin': I'll bet he could have helped the "hoops team" this year, he was a pretty good basketball player in high school. He'd get his share of rebounds (and maybe blocked shots) as no opposing center would be able to muscle him away from under the basket, and he'd have 5 more fouls to give at the center position which would help keep a couple of our forwards out of foul trouble.....

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Incredibly, Porter was a walk-on at Utah State until Jan. 24, 2019, when he and a teammate, Justin Bean, were awarded scholarships.

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ON THE COURT
Nothing Porter does will blow anybody away. He's not a flashy player or a high-powered scorer.

But as a veteran who averaged 25.6 minutes per game as the starting point guard on a Utah State team that went 26-8 and finished last season by upsetting San Diego State to win the Mountain West tournament championship, he'll provide the Buckeyes with a steady, if unspectacular, pass-first option in its backcourt. He'll serve as a backup to CJ Walker and Duane Washington Jr., both of whom will start at guard next season.

Porter played sparingly in his first two years at Utah State before becoming a full-time starting guard midway through his redshirt sophomore season. Here's a look at the stats across his final two years as an Aggie:

• In 2018-19: 21.6 minutes, 5.5 points, 2.8 assists, 2.3 rebounds, 1.4 turnovers, 42 percent shooting, 40.5 percent from 3-point range, 71.2 percent from the free-throw line
• In 2019-20: 25.6 minutes, 5.6 points, 3.2 assists, 2.4 rebounds, 1.6 turnovers, 38.2 percent shooting, 29.7 percent from 3-point range, 76.1 percent from the free-throw line

Not once at Utah State did Porter ever lead his team in points in a single game, though he scored in double figures nine times last season. As a Buckeye, Porter will again serve as a complementary offensive piece who facilitates more than anything else. Each of the past two seasons, he had a two-to-one assist-to-turnover ratio, ranking fifth in the Mountain West in that category last year.

Porter won't impress with his athleticism or scoring acumen. But as an older-than-average fifth-year senior guard, he will give Chris Holtmann and his staff a veteran facilitator who'll be fine coming off the bench as the Buckeyes chase their ultimate goals as a team.

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SENIOR DAY Q&A: ABEL PORTER REVISITS HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY DIAGNOSIS THAT ENDED OHIO STATE BASKETBALL CAREER, TALKS HIS FUTURE



On Friday afternoon, Eleven Warriors gave Porter a call to catch up before Senior Day. He won’t be in attendance on Saturday, though he was offered the chance. He’s working in his hometown in Utah while earning his Master’s Degree from Ohio State via online classes and plans to be in Indianapolis to watch the Buckeyes try to make a run in the NCAA tournament in person.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...nosis-that-ended-ohio-state-basketball-career

Oooh wee gotta love that massive catch radius, plus with a name like Deuce, he can't not be good...offers from ND, OU, UGA, A&M, but Buckeyes are the first of the big three to offer, which is nice.

The full "Buckeye Club Modernization" info site is here: https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/buckeye-club/psc/

With details on the new Seat Selection Process: https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/tickets/seat-selection-process-2022/

Faculty/staff gets a 20% discount on 2 season tickets, so we've got that going for us, which is nice.

Live replay of the Sparty game

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Feel free to share your best "blew the lottery winnings" stories. I heard a few from a CPA I know a few years back. The common theme was going spending crazy. Things like building a high school sports facility for their kid's team.

I delivered furniture in undergrad. I'm pretty sure one house we delivered to was the home of a lottery winner. One year we delivered there at least 4 times just during the summer. Every time the cost of the furniture went up dramatically and there was a new car in the driveway. And when I say a new car, I mean it was in addition the all the cars already there. Each one being more expensive than the previous ones. Oh, and the house was going through a big expansion and the construction of an inground pool. It was on a small lot too. Not sure why they didn't move.

Died far too young.

BuckeyeNation27 said:

guess I missed some shit today.

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Me too, holy bazingas

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The one northern team is scUM?

I can't help but wish well of any young person who has struggled with mental illness. If Marquette is a better place for DJ for whatever reason, that's where he should be.

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LOST THE LAST “FOUR-MINUTE WAR”
The term “four-minute war” has become a cliche Ohio State is fond of using. The Buckeyes view the four minutes between each media timeouts as individual “wars” they have to win. None is more important than the last one, during which many games – including Sunday’s – are won or lost.

The Buckeyes went into the final media break trailing by one with exactly four minutes left, and a little more than three minutes of action later they were down by eight.

“There was no pressure,” E.J. Liddell said. “Everybody just emphasized it was winning time, and in these situations we come out on top. We just had to execute, we get stops. That's just not how it went tonight.”

Not at all.

Hunter Dickinson, the behemoth of a 7-foot-2 big man, continued his strong night that ended with 22 points by draining a pair of free throws. Both teams subsequently missed shots to keep it a three-point game, and then Justice Sueing made his most costly play on a subpar individual day. The fourth-year junior forward decided to go behind his back with a pass that led to a turnover and and-one layup by Isaiah Livers to make it a six-point game.

“We were trying to get what we want,” Holtmann said. “I think we would've got it. He just made a read. I'm not quite sure why he made the read.”

Washington, coming to Sueing's defense, said: “One little mistake toward the game is not why we lost the game. Simple. So whoever says that, that's not the truth, and I'm going to have his back on that. (He) definitely could have played better, but everybody could have.”

He’s right. That mattered, especially in a game with both offenses lighting up the scoreboard by shooting better than 50 percent from the floor and nearly 50 percent from 3. Yet Ohio State also had an opportunity to respond quickly and get back on track.

Liddell knocked down a pair of free throws the next trip down the court. But over the course of the 2 minutes and 9 seconds following Sueing’s blunder, a six-point deficit turned into a nine-point deficit with just 23 ticks remaining. Over that stretch, Michigan scored on all four of its possessions against a defense that saw its struggles on full display at the worst possible time.

As Liddell said, the Buckeyes had to execute and get stops. They didn’t, so they lost.

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Nice review on where the 2020 class stand in regard to actual playing time as they begin the 2021 season:

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The recruiting class of 2020 certainly had an unconventional first year of college football.

Although Ohio State’s 14 early enrollees in that class didn’t know it when they arrived in Columbus 13 months ago, their freshman year would be unlike any other in college football history. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Buckeyes had just three spring practices in 2020, didn’t play their first game until late October and played only eight total games, including just five in the regular season.

As a result, Ohio State’s true freshmen had far fewer opportunities to play than they would in a normal season, and some had none at all. The abnormal offseason surely impacted their development as first-year Buckeyes, and with less than half of the usual number of regular-season games – including zero non-conference games – there simply weren’t many chances for the Buckeyes to take their starters out early and get their young players reps.

That means the vast majority of Ohio State’s class of 2020 – which included 25 freshmen last year, now down to 24 second-year Buckeyes following Mookie Cooper’s departure – remains almost entirely unproven entering its second year in Columbus.

Expect that to change in 2021, as several members of the 2020 class have a chance to play substantial roles while Ohio State is certainly looking to play a full 12-game regular season slate, ideally opening up opportunities for all of the second-year Buckeyes – who, whether you call them freshmen or sophomores, all still have four years of eligibility since the NCAA gave everyone a free year of eligibility in 2020 – to get some playing time this fall.

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Damn Scott and Fleming are big for WRs...

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NFBuck said:

When replacing Thad Matta became a serious discussion 4 years ago, Archie Miller was my #1 choice. When IU hired him and Matta decided to "step down" a few months later, I was initially pissed we let Archie get away. Especially that it was to IU. As I dug deeper into potential replacements, Holtmann quickly became a guy I was more than happy with.

I, and many, said that we'd be judging/comparing Holtmann based on how he did as opposed to Miller in Bloomington. Right now, I'd say we very clearly got the right guy.

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Add me to that group, I'll openly admit to being flat out wrong. Growing up in Dayton, I was a huge UD fan growing up and still am. Part of that largely drove my initial response to not getting Archie. I still think Archie would have been a quality coach here, but nowhere chose to CH now that I have the benefit of hindsight. I'll gladly eat crow when my team benefits like this. Have to give some credit to Gene on that decision (another guy I've been eating crow on in recent years), it was a pivotal one that puts our basketball Bucks in a position for a long ride near the top of the conference. I see a big recruiting bump coming after this season (not that it's been bad at all, just saying).

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Kudos on the pint glass from the Distillery... spent many a Wednesday night sitting over in a dark corner nursing one of those (sans logo), listening to Gaylord Dubois and the Men of Leisure. Smelled like no other bar on High Street.

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I bartended there for a year and a half. That smell was the sweet, sweet mixture of corned beef, dried beer on the floors and overflowing toilets.

The glass is courtesy of these good people in Chagrin Falls who are truly doing the lord's work.

https://highstreettees.com/collections/defunct/Drinkware-&-Accessories/Pint-Glasses

Jim Hunter said:

Bama had injuries too, Landon Dickerson 1st team All-American Center, Wide receiver Jaylen Waddle (the single most explosive wide receiver and punt returner in the country), Labryan Ray starting defensive end, and we lose Battle on a targeting call early in the game. Regarding injuries, if Jaylen Waddle is healthy, it's an even more lopsided score even if every player out for the Buck's is back. And the shortened season didn't seem to bother the Buck's against Clemson. Better team won this one, just like 2015 when OSU beat the Tide in New Orleans. When it's over I tip my hat to the winner and move on, excuses are worthless.

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You are exactly right. Dickerson was a huge loss at center.

The offense changed drastically after the loss of waddle. However, it retained its potency. We shouldn’t forget that waddle was the leader of the receivers before his injury.

Labryan Ray was experience that was needed on this defense.

Malachi Moore was banged up too.